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Land grant awarding Agatha Chingway 80 acres of land from "a List of selections of Land for certain Indians of the La Pointe or Bad River Reservation as contemplated by the Treaty concluded September 30, 1854, with the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior and the Mississippi...." 29 August 1899. 20 x 15 in. (creasing, toning, light soil). Secretarially signed by President William McKinley. -- Land grant awarding 80 acres to Augustine Bellanger, "a Chippewa Indian belonging on the White Earth Reservation...." 30 December 1902. 16 x 10 1/2 in. (creasing, light soil, toning). Secretarially signed by President Theodore Roosevelt. -- A typed copy of a land grant awarding 80 acres to Ay-ub-e-quay, "an Indian belonging to the Chippewa reservation in Minnesota." 19 November 1900.

[With:] Typed "Attorney's Contract Between the Cheyenne Tribe f Indians and Daniel B. Henderson, Attorney at Law, City of Washington, District of Columbia." 7pp, including manuscript and thumbprint "signatures" of members of various bands from multiple agencies. November 1923. Accompanied by a signed statement from US Supreme Court Justice certifying that Daniel B. Henderson did sign and execute a contract "with the Cheyenne tribe of Indians...."

[Also with:] Commission appointing Daniel B. Henderson a notary public within and for the County of Jackson of the State of Missouri. Signed by Albert P. Morehouse, Governor of Missouri. 31 January 1888 (almost completed separated along center vertical fold, toning, creasing). -- Letter to Daniel B. Henderson from the Missouri Secretary of State notifying him that his commission has been mailed, and he is required to qualify within three months. City of Jefferson [MO], 31 January 1888.

Daniel Brosius Henderson, Sr. (1862-1940) spent the bulk of his career litigating on behalf of America's Native peoples. He was born in Hancock, Maryland, attended the University of Virginia, and by the late 1800s had established a law practice in Kansas City, Missouri. After more than a decade in Missouri, Henderson and his growing family returned to Virginia in 1901. It was in Washington, DC, where the young lawyer would distinguish himself as a prominent attorney with a specialization in Indian claims litigation. Over the course of a decades long career, he represented the claims of multiple tribes in disputes against the US government.